Operation Cactus

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How India saved Maldives in foiling 1988 coup - Times of India

As the #BoycottMaldives controversy rages in the wake of three local officials mocking PM Modi, an excerpt from a senior defence analyst’s 2019 book examines how Operation Cactus was launched, in which the IAF played a major role in saving President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and the island nation...

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